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every time a woman or any service member sets foot into iraq or afghanistan, they are serving in a combat zone. >> the plaintiffs say the current rules hurt their military career prospects and limit their chances for promotion. a pentagon spokesman said they are committed to expanding roles for women in the military. look, if you have copd like me, you know it can be hard to breathe, and how that feels. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open for 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva and seek immediate medical help if your breathing suddenly worsens, your throat or tongue swells, you get hives, vision changes or eye pain,
every time a woman or any service member sets foot into iraq or afghanistan, they are serving in a combat zone. >> the plaintiffs say the current rules hurt their military career prospects and limit their chances for promotion. a pentagon spokesman said they are committed to expanding roles for women in the military. look, if you have copd like me, you know it can be hard to breathe, and how that feels. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms...
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the future isn't afghanistan or iraq but how well prepared we are to meet the 21st century challenges of competitiveness. that will be economics, education. it will play out over the pacific ocean. why was it that the president and governor romney sat at lunch and talked about america's global leadership? >> ambassador huntsman, you're welcome to stay with us the whole show. we would love to have the father and daughter team around. >> i can't compete with abby or marianne or libby, any of my daughters. i'm not even close to their league. >> thanks, dad. >> we'll hang on to your daughter the rest of the hour if that's okay with you. >>> random act of kindness that quickly went viral thanks to one single photo. we will have the police officer who bought boots for a homeless man on a freezing cold night. t . you won't take our future. aids affects us all. even babies. chevron is working to stop mother-to-child transmission. our employees and their families are part of the fight. and we're winning. at chevron nigeria, we haven't had a reported case in 12 years. aids is strong. aids is st
the future isn't afghanistan or iraq but how well prepared we are to meet the 21st century challenges of competitiveness. that will be economics, education. it will play out over the pacific ocean. why was it that the president and governor romney sat at lunch and talked about america's global leadership? >> ambassador huntsman, you're welcome to stay with us the whole show. we would love to have the father and daughter team around. >> i can't compete with abby or marianne or libby,...
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or iraq. that's absurd to me. >> reporter: since 2006 more than 7,000 students have come through the cradle to grave program. >> i don't want that to happen to me. i want to be able to live, be someone my mom would want me to be. >> we want to teach them the preciousness of life. that in an instant your life can be changed forever. >> reporter: change they want for the better. sar sarah hoye, cnn, philadelphia. >>> it's been five years since we did our original groundbreaking "black in america" series. this is our fifth anniversary. whoa take a look at colorism and identity with who is black in america. that's our newest documentary airing on december 9th at 8:00 pm and 11:00 pm eastern time here on cnn. >> fantastic. couldn't be more timely. >> really, really fascinating topic. >>> coming up next, fiscal cliff, congressional divide. could anything be funny in this environment? comedian david alan grier would say yes. what if there was a new way to deal with money that focused less on fees and
or iraq. that's absurd to me. >> reporter: since 2006 more than 7,000 students have come through the cradle to grave program. >> i don't want that to happen to me. i want to be able to live, be someone my mom would want me to be. >> we want to teach them the preciousness of life. that in an instant your life can be changed forever. >> reporter: change they want for the better. sar sarah hoye, cnn, philadelphia. >>> it's been five years since we did our original...
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one of the most amazing things about iraq and afghanistan is how few books have been written about what's happening on the ground, not about what generals or politicians have done. was that what you were thinking there? these stories haven't been told. >> you and i are very similar. one of the reasons we're both supporters is there are things we want to know and nobody is telling us. we try to find out the information ourselves. that's what happened with the book. i heard about the attack on the oeft post and i wanted to know why was there an outpost here, bottom of three steep miles, who would put it there? what's it like to go through an attack. 53 troops facing 400 taliban, all of whom have the high ground. it set me on the course to write this book. >> soldiers all wanted to tell their story. all of a sudden you had more stories to tell than you had -- you may figure out i might write a second book. did the u.s. military try to make it harder for you? >> no. the pentagon i have to say was fairly cooperative. there were different levels of competence when it came to specific public aff
one of the most amazing things about iraq and afghanistan is how few books have been written about what's happening on the ground, not about what generals or politicians have done. was that what you were thinking there? these stories haven't been told. >> you and i are very similar. one of the reasons we're both supporters is there are things we want to know and nobody is telling us. we try to find out the information ourselves. that's what happened with the book. i heard about the attack...
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earlier -- >> talking about iraq as well. because of the counterinsurgency. he was really bargaining with the sunnis and certainly the count insurgency in afghanistan hasn't proven to be effective. we can argue, i think is going to fuel a backlash. >> but he gave that statement. he went to capitol hill on september 14th and gave the video protest as the explanation for what happened in benghazi, when two days earlier, when reporter in libya said it was a result of a protest. >> the other thing, one of twists here, congressman schock, an fbi whistle blower went to your number two in the house, congressman eric cantor pmp concerns there that this was being covered up. do you have them? >> well, think we'll find out more. right now, it's all speculation. we don't know when the affair began. some of the questions that he was asked during the vetting process he may have been untruthful. it's tragedy. he was well respected by the bush administration. rewarded by the obama administration. it will make for an exciting lame-duck seaso
earlier -- >> talking about iraq as well. because of the counterinsurgency. he was really bargaining with the sunnis and certainly the count insurgency in afghanistan hasn't proven to be effective. we can argue, i think is going to fuel a backlash. >> but he gave that statement. he went to capitol hill on september 14th and gave the video protest as the explanation for what happened in benghazi, when two days earlier, when reporter in libya said it was a result of a protest....
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iraq -- afghanistan or iraq with these problems. i think the sooner we get this job done the better their going to be. >> i caught most of your testimony because i came in just as you were starting and i just wanted to ask, i didn't hear you mention the g.i. bill and i'm wondering are there things we should look at to improve? i know we made one improvement and we're getting a lot of use on the g.i. bill. >> the g.i. bill is in good shape right now. the only thing i think the american legion is concerned about is we need to keep watching and see how things are going incase we need to improve it. there is always room for improvement in the g.i. bill but right now we have no major issues with the g.i. bill. >> thank you mr. chairman. senator boozman. >> thank you mr. chairman. commander, you can have great benefits but if you can't access them, it's a real problem. and i know you have been working hard for our rural veterans to ensure the accessibility is . there we've been working and actually passed a bill in committee that would re
iraq -- afghanistan or iraq with these problems. i think the sooner we get this job done the better their going to be. >> i caught most of your testimony because i came in just as you were starting and i just wanted to ask, i didn't hear you mention the g.i. bill and i'm wondering are there things we should look at to improve? i know we made one improvement and we're getting a lot of use on the g.i. bill. >> the g.i. bill is in good shape right now. the only thing i think the...
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because frankly, less than 1% of americans have served in iraq or afghanistan. you ought to come together as one. >> we should note also that you are the first elected iraq veteran. and so for that, we thank you for your time, your service overseas and your service in congress. let me get you, robert, your most memorable moment real quick. >> i would say let me thank you for your service, congressman. i think the most memorable moment for me was the first debate and how jaw-dropping it was on both sides in terms of mitt romney cleaning the president's clock and the president coming back quickly on the second debate. >> let's get to the must-reads after the break. could eliminate the odor. [ woman ] take a deep breath, tell me what you smell. something fresh. a clean house. [ woman ] take your blindfolds off. oh!! hahahaha!!! [ male announcer ] febreze car. eliminates odors, so you can breathe happy. you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about you. we have so much technology in our store to really show the customers what's going on with the
because frankly, less than 1% of americans have served in iraq or afghanistan. you ought to come together as one. >> we should note also that you are the first elected iraq veteran. and so for that, we thank you for your time, your service overseas and your service in congress. let me get you, robert, your most memorable moment real quick. >> i would say let me thank you for your service, congressman. i think the most memorable moment for me was the first debate and how jaw-dropping...
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every time a woman or any service member sets foot in to iraq or afghanistan, they are serving in a combat zone. the combat exclusion policy does not recognize this reality. >> it prevents women from competing for many positions no matter how qualified or capable they are. >> defense department would not comment. the lawsuit indicates secretary panetta is committed to examining the expansion of roles for women in the military. so what does your gut tell you? should the ban be lifted? go to facebook.com/newsnation to cast that vote. >>> an update to yesterday's gut check. actor an gus. the jones apologizing for slamming the tv show that gives him $250,000 an episode. he called it filth saying he has the highest regard and respect for all of his co-workers. that's kind of not what he said in the tape. but okay. we ask you, should he be fired for his original comments? 74% of you say, bye-bye. 26% of you, no, he should keep his job. that's it for "news nation." thank you for joining us. "the cycle" is up next. monthly plan premium... and select generic hypertension drugs available for only a
every time a woman or any service member sets foot in to iraq or afghanistan, they are serving in a combat zone. the combat exclusion policy does not recognize this reality. >> it prevents women from competing for many positions no matter how qualified or capable they are. >> defense department would not comment. the lawsuit indicates secretary panetta is committed to examining the expansion of roles for women in the military. so what does your gut tell you? should the ban be...
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he was a four-star, the best known warrior of his generation, leader of combat forces in iraq and afghanistan before his commander-in-chief asked him to retire from the military and leave the cia. >> i have no doubt that director petraeus will guide our intelligence officials as they continue to adapt. >> i feel deeply if confirmed, to continue the endeavors which so many have given so much. >> reporter: but today, he announced after being married for 37 years, i showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in the extramarital affair. such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and a leader of an organization such as ours it was a stunning fall from grace, david petraeus had rocketed to the top of the military, a distinguished cadet, who married holly, the daughter of the military academy superintendent, father of two a doctor from princeton superintendent, father of two including a son who recently returned from active duty. >> as you notice, my wife, holly, is with me here today, she has hung tough. while i have been deployed since 9/11. >> reporter: holly is a part of the finance bureau
he was a four-star, the best known warrior of his generation, leader of combat forces in iraq and afghanistan before his commander-in-chief asked him to retire from the military and leave the cia. >> i have no doubt that director petraeus will guide our intelligence officials as they continue to adapt. >> i feel deeply if confirmed, to continue the endeavors which so many have given so much. >> reporter: but today, he announced after being married for 37 years, i showed...
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not a kosovo or afghanistan or the iraq model where we have thousands of content and hundreds of thousands of people on the ground to be able to sort of pushed the democratization and the ssr forward. what is the post conflict ssor what can we do in the conflict to set the stage posed conflict to the will to get on the ground with her or not it is a footprint or heavier footprint some consideration of that made them for egypt and speak of, you know, if you are looking at the eastern european model was best as you can take in best practices, how do you -- which of course may not be the case -- how do you modify that with the fact that there are thousands or hundreds of europeans or americans on the ground that sort of help drive this forward, what is the possibility of success without that very present motivation to do so? thank you. >> this is an interesting question. thank you very much. they just sit there and the [inaudible] know, i was thinking about the mentioning of south africa as a model. i was doing south african affairs at the end of the transition and this experience with the ru
not a kosovo or afghanistan or the iraq model where we have thousands of content and hundreds of thousands of people on the ground to be able to sort of pushed the democratization and the ssr forward. what is the post conflict ssor what can we do in the conflict to set the stage posed conflict to the will to get on the ground with her or not it is a footprint or heavier footprint some consideration of that made them for egypt and speak of, you know, if you are looking at the eastern european...
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and ultimately they are hoping that everybody who is a triple or quadruple amputee from the iraq or afghanistan wars who wants one will get one of these houses. it is a joint effort after a foundation named after a first responder in new york on 9/11 and the gary seinese, an actor who has helped veterans' causes for many years. he donated a communicating of money for a 2500 square foot house. a counter that is lower than usual. shower controls that are outside the shower. anything to make the house more usable, more liveable for somebody who has a serious disability. martha: the steven stiller foundation and gary seniese foundation have done great work. gregg: good for them. all right. we have to tell you more about this devastating mystery unfolding, a massive explosion destroying dozens of homes. the latest on what may have caused that blast. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. >> we're happy to tell you outpouring o
and ultimately they are hoping that everybody who is a triple or quadruple amputee from the iraq or afghanistan wars who wants one will get one of these houses. it is a joint effort after a foundation named after a first responder in new york on 9/11 and the gary seinese, an actor who has helped veterans' causes for many years. he donated a communicating of money for a 2500 square foot house. a counter that is lower than usual. shower controls that are outside the shower. anything to make the...
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savings from the war and iraq's afghanistan. he has proposed other savings, $300 billion or so. savings from federal health-care programs. other mandatory spending. we do not think that this sequester that goes into effective the end of the year suddenly cutting the budgets of most agencies across government is a good idea. it is too drastic, to seveno o sudden. over time, there is smart and measured savings that can be accomplished. host: seth hanlon previously worked as a representative aid for senator ford. he got his law degree at yale. well macbride was a professor at george mason's economic department, where he received his ph.d. in economics. tom in west des moines, iowa. democrat. caller: my wife and i are in our early 70's. we made $110,000. that is a bad place to be, because you pay the maximum social security and medicare tax. it cost me more than ronnie paid. -- romney paid. i am in the maximum state bracket. every $2 and make, i pay a dollar in taxes. i am not complaining. if i was making $250,000, i would have -- i would not have to pay that. people like romney doe
savings from the war and iraq's afghanistan. he has proposed other savings, $300 billion or so. savings from federal health-care programs. other mandatory spending. we do not think that this sequester that goes into effective the end of the year suddenly cutting the budgets of most agencies across government is a good idea. it is too drastic, to seveno o sudden. over time, there is smart and measured savings that can be accomplished. host: seth hanlon previously worked as a representative aid...
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he was a four-star, the best known warrior of his generation, leader of combat forces in iraq and afghanistan before his commander-in-chief asked him to retire from the military and leave the cia. >> i have no doubt that director petraeus will guide our intelligence officials as they continue to adapt. and innovative in an ever-changing word t >> i feel deeply if confirmed, to continue the endeavors which so many have given so much. >> reporter: but today, he announced after being married for 37 years, i showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in the extramarital affair. it was a stunning fall from grace, david petraeus had rocketed to the top of the officials say petraeus called and asked to see the president thursday, acknowledged the situation and offered to resign. the president asked him for 24 hours to consider the situation. today, while juggling the economic speech, he called and thanked him for extraordinary service to the united states for decades, and wishing him and his family the very best. >> from their perspective, the trust simply was lost. and you can't have a cia director
he was a four-star, the best known warrior of his generation, leader of combat forces in iraq and afghanistan before his commander-in-chief asked him to retire from the military and leave the cia. >> i have no doubt that director petraeus will guide our intelligence officials as they continue to adapt. and innovative in an ever-changing word t >> i feel deeply if confirmed, to continue the endeavors which so many have given so much. >> reporter: but today, he announced after...
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whether they served in a combat scene like iraq or afghanistan or remote destination or somewhere around the world or right here in the united states, they all gave more than lip service to their country. they gave part of their lives and some gave so much more, so much more. we honor them today because they stepped forward when their nation called. we also remind our fell citizens that taking care of veterans, keeping the promises made to them is a cost of defending our nation. veterans have kept faith of our nation, our nation must ensure that it keeps faith with its veterans. perhaps you saw in the news a couple of weeks ago a story about a world war ii japanese american veteran who even though he was placed in a camp after the start of the war, he volunteered to serve in the army. in an interview he gave a number of years ago he said i wanted to do my part to prove that i was not an enemy alien. that none of us were. that we were true americans. fand we ever got the chance we would do our best to serve our country and we did. the story was newsworthy because he was ailing and cast hi
whether they served in a combat scene like iraq or afghanistan or remote destination or somewhere around the world or right here in the united states, they all gave more than lip service to their country. they gave part of their lives and some gave so much more, so much more. we honor them today because they stepped forward when their nation called. we also remind our fell citizens that taking care of veterans, keeping the promises made to them is a cost of defending our nation. veterans have...
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whether they served in a combat scene like iraq or afghanistan or remote destination or somewhere around the world or right here in the united states, they all gave more than lip service to their country. they gave part of their lives and some gave so much more, so much more. we honor them today because they stepped forward when their nation called. we also remind our fell citizens that taking care of veterans, keeping the promises made to them is a cost of defending our nation. veterans have kept faith of our nation, our nation must ensure that it keeps faith with its veterans. perhaps you saw in the news a couple of weeks ago a story about a world war ii japanese american veteran who even though he was placed in a camp after the start of the war, he volunteered to serve in the army. in an interview he gave a number of years ago he said i wanted to do my part to prove that i was not an enemy alien. that none of us were. that we were true americans. and if we ever got the chance we would do our best to serve our country and we did. the story was newsworthy because he was ailing and cast
whether they served in a combat scene like iraq or afghanistan or remote destination or somewhere around the world or right here in the united states, they all gave more than lip service to their country. they gave part of their lives and some gave so much more, so much more. we honor them today because they stepped forward when their nation called. we also remind our fell citizens that taking care of veterans, keeping the promises made to them is a cost of defending our nation. veterans have...
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craig, as you know, it's less than 1% of americans have served in iraq or afghanistan. and over, almost 500,000 of them, suffer from post traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury. that's the signature wound of these wars. we need to learn the lessons from world war ii, from korea, from vietnam. from desert storm that we're going to do all we can as a nation to take care of these heroes when they come home. >> congressman, i want to go inside the campaign for a few moments here before i let you go. there's the, there's a report today in "the wall street journal" i want to throw up a full screen here, it describes the negative attacks that the obama campaign ran early on. it describes them as part of a, a key strategy, six months ago, start early and go hard, essentially, was the strategy laid out by jim mussina, the campaign head. do you feel proud of the campaign that you were a part of? given that it went negative so early? >> both sides did negative campaigning. i've been through battles in the congressional seat where i was a democrat and in a mostly repub
craig, as you know, it's less than 1% of americans have served in iraq or afghanistan. and over, almost 500,000 of them, suffer from post traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury. that's the signature wound of these wars. we need to learn the lessons from world war ii, from korea, from vietnam. from desert storm that we're going to do all we can as a nation to take care of these heroes when they come home. >> congressman, i want to go inside the campaign for a few moments here...
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the campaign was not about the war in iraq or the war in afghanistan or the gaza strip or whatever. it was about how we deal with this fiscal crisis. facing the country. mitt romney -- victoria and president obama put forth two very different -- and the american people spoke. >> the answer to that is we won the house. and we won our individual teeny-weeny districts and -- they said the president won a second term. i won a third term. >> really? >> that's what he said. he said that. >> oh, my goodness. >> bill: count the votes. they also lost seats in the house, too. >> exactly. 500,000 people voted for the democrats more in the house overall and gerrymandering and all of that stuff. please. >> bill: from fiscal cliff. and now president obama is going to take his arguments on the road. his plan on the road again. should he be doing that or should he be sitting down with mitch mcconnell and john boehner. we'll be talking about that with victoria and daniella. welcome you to the conversation. 1-866-55-press. we'll be right back on the "full court press." >> announcer: this is the "bill
the campaign was not about the war in iraq or the war in afghanistan or the gaza strip or whatever. it was about how we deal with this fiscal crisis. facing the country. mitt romney -- victoria and president obama put forth two very different -- and the american people spoke. >> the answer to that is we won the house. and we won our individual teeny-weeny districts and -- they said the president won a second term. i won a third term. >> really? >> that's what he said. he said...
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and afghanistan, were kind of fans including on the left. once it became clear though late last week that he was going to say that the cia actually did a good job and different talking points you're going to see the press on him turn big time as they say he's the enemy, he's no longer part of obama administration lying about how we didn't know and it's ambiguous. >> jon: bucking the administration line on this is trouble for him, do you think? >> well, i think that the mean, the line on general petraeus or director petraeus changed dramatically this week. we did see kind of shock and not awe. shock and horror at the initial reports of why he was stepping down. but now, you're getting an examination by many in the media of the relationship between the media and general petraeus and his great ability to manipulate and curry favor with the media. michael hastings had an extremely interesting piece in buzz feed that pointed out that some of the people who wrote books about him. linda robinson actually went off to work for him in cent-com after t
and afghanistan, were kind of fans including on the left. once it became clear though late last week that he was going to say that the cia actually did a good job and different talking points you're going to see the press on him turn big time as they say he's the enemy, he's no longer part of obama administration lying about how we didn't know and it's ambiguous. >> jon: bucking the administration line on this is trouble for him, do you think? >> well, i think that the mean, the...
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. >> you can have a fight when you're trying to determine or put forward your foreign policy, but when you actually get to the crunch, when you're actually going to war, we have been in war in afghanistan for such a long time, we had iraq, and then we have what's going on in the middle east now, and in those crisis moments i think it is important to try and have the united states not honest broker and to have, you know, as much agreement as possible. >> i just want the debate to -- >> right. you want it to be a serious debate, not silliness. >> i want john mccain to be replaced as the person who gets to talk about foreign policy. >> maybe you will get your wish on john huntsman. >> maybe. i don't think so on. me wishing it isn't going to make it happen. thank you for being here. we'll be right back. >>> from the beginning thanksgiving has been complicated, employee owe politically, morally complicated. the native people showed the colonists how to survive and the colonists threw a harvest feast of deer and fish and ducks and potatoes and corn and eels, yay, and then things got ugly for
. >> you can have a fight when you're trying to determine or put forward your foreign policy, but when you actually get to the crunch, when you're actually going to war, we have been in war in afghanistan for such a long time, we had iraq, and then we have what's going on in the middle east now, and in those crisis moments i think it is important to try and have the united states not honest broker and to have, you know, as much agreement as possible. >> i just want the debate to --...
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whether or not the president was sending enough troops to afghanistan. general petraeus was in the middle of all of that. and then, of course, there was the speculation on the outside that maybe general petraeus would either serve as the president or vice presidential nominee on the republic ticket this time around running against president obama. that obviously never happened. and we should remember that they worked together through some tough times. general stanley mcchrystal a couple of years ago had an indiscretion where he spoke out to rolling stone magazine he had to resign. president obama desperately needed somebody to go to afghanistan and general petraeus did that. he basically accepted a lower rank in order to go back into the field. an idea of just how much he did to serve his country, harris. >> harris: moments ago catherine herridge was reporting the fast breaking nature of this story and how quickly it came together. there was something that was leading up to this. there is a process, a resignation process. so does the president just accep
whether or not the president was sending enough troops to afghanistan. general petraeus was in the middle of all of that. and then, of course, there was the speculation on the outside that maybe general petraeus would either serve as the president or vice presidential nominee on the republic ticket this time around running against president obama. that obviously never happened. and we should remember that they worked together through some tough times. general stanley mcchrystal a couple of...
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for such a long time, we had iraq, and then we have what's going on in the middle east now, in those crisis moments, i think it is important to try and have the united states be the honest broker and to have, you know, as much agreement as possible. >> i just want the debate to start -- >> right. you want it to be a serious debate, not silliness. >> i want john mccain to be replaced as the person who gets to talk about foreign policy. >> maybe you will get your wish on jon huntsman. >> maybe. i don't think so. me wishing it isn't going to make it happen. thank you for coming in. >> good to be here, rachel. with verizon. hurry in this saturday and sunday for great deals. like the lucid by lg, free. or the galaxy nexus by samsung, free. this weekend, get the best deals on the best devices on the best network. exclusively at verizon. who have used androgel 1%, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone levels, an
for such a long time, we had iraq, and then we have what's going on in the middle east now, in those crisis moments, i think it is important to try and have the united states be the honest broker and to have, you know, as much agreement as possible. >> i just want the debate to start -- >> right. you want it to be a serious debate, not silliness. >> i want john mccain to be replaced as the person who gets to talk about foreign policy. >> maybe you will get your wish on...
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you put an officer out there on repeated tours in iraq and afghanistan -- he's done like four or five years out there. he's a human being. if he doesn't slip, i'd be surprised. i think what we have today is shocking proof that general david petraeus is a human being. >> he made a huge mistake. is it a mistake big enough for him to decide he's going to resign as a result of this extramarital affair? >> i'm told that president obama told him that he didn't need to. that they had a long conversation about it. and obama said, you know, i understand that you're troubled by this and so on, but i'm not sure you need to go. and petraeus' attitude is, no, it's a matter of honor. i did something deeply dishonorable and now i must balance it by doing an honorable thing. the only thing about petraeus and obama, i know petraeus much better than i know obama, they strike me as very similar men. they're both intellectual, a little bit more remote than other people in their chosen professions. i always thought they kind of had irreconcilable differences. i think they've gotten over their friction and
you put an officer out there on repeated tours in iraq and afghanistan -- he's done like four or five years out there. he's a human being. if he doesn't slip, i'd be surprised. i think what we have today is shocking proof that general david petraeus is a human being. >> he made a huge mistake. is it a mistake big enough for him to decide he's going to resign as a result of this extramarital affair? >> i'm told that president obama told him that he didn't need to. that they had a...
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one could easily raise questions about failure in intelligence in iraq, afghanistan, in libya. question, was that susan rice's job? the answer to both of those is no. why do you think there's such an obsession with susan rice? >> well, i think it's a focus on -- first of all, part of it is a focus on benghazi, not on susan rice. the republicans are pretty ticked off. there is, of course, a political advantage to hammering the president on benghazi. we've had testimony now on the hill saying there were requests for more security. they didn't get them. there was intelligence and extremist activity. it wasn't really heated. >> bill: those are good to examine. i keep saying why are they singling out susan rice? >> at a time when they knew they were going to face questions about intelligence failures, their point person, the anointed point person for the administration is someone with no experience in intelligence in security. susan rice. the administration made her the point person. she's become a lightning rod as a result of that. the other thing is a lot of republicans would real
one could easily raise questions about failure in intelligence in iraq, afghanistan, in libya. question, was that susan rice's job? the answer to both of those is no. why do you think there's such an obsession with susan rice? >> well, i think it's a focus on -- first of all, part of it is a focus on benghazi, not on susan rice. the republicans are pretty ticked off. there is, of course, a political advantage to hammering the president on benghazi. we've had testimony now on the hill...
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and afghanistan and other american wars. and you know, there could be one of those military heroes in your own family you don't know about. maybe you haven't heard his or her story. ancestry.com can help you find out. they have an extensive collection of military records from the civil war to world war i, world war ii and even marine corps muster rolls dating back to 1798. i've been checking ancestry.com working on my family roots. able to trace them back to latvia. and i invite you to do the same and they've made it easier for you by giving you two full weeks at tryancestry.com. so join the fun. try ancestry.com is where you go to see what you can discover with the two free weeks and uncover perhaps a military hero in your own family. visit tryancestry.com. peter, what's up on twitter? >> you can join the conversation on twitter. we're tweeting at bp show at bp show. one person writing in says as a democrat, i'm tired of being bullied and held hostage by the g.o.p. i stand with senator patty murray. let's go over the fiscal
and afghanistan and other american wars. and you know, there could be one of those military heroes in your own family you don't know about. maybe you haven't heard his or her story. ancestry.com can help you find out. they have an extensive collection of military records from the civil war to world war i, world war ii and even marine corps muster rolls dating back to 1798. i've been checking ancestry.com working on my family roots. able to trace them back to latvia. and i invite you to do the...
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and afghanistan. >> a proud nation expresses our gratitude, but we do so mindful that no ceremony or parade, no hug or handshake is enough to truly honor that service. for that, we must do more. for that, we must commit this day and every day to serving you as well as you've served us. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell, live in washington, where the resignation of david petraeus because of an acknowledged extramarital affair is shaking the intelligence community to its foundations. let's move through the course of events. on november 2nd, the fbi concluded after the final interview given by paula broadwell that there was no basis for criminal charges. officials tell nbc news that national intelligence director james clapper was told about the investigation the following week, on election day. clapper informed the white house the next day. officials say it was not until thursday, november 8th, however, that president obama was first notified and met with petraeus, who then offered to resign. the president accepted that resignation on friday, the same day that leaders of the house and
and afghanistan. >> a proud nation expresses our gratitude, but we do so mindful that no ceremony or parade, no hug or handshake is enough to truly honor that service. for that, we must do more. for that, we must commit this day and every day to serving you as well as you've served us. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell, live in washington, where the resignation of david petraeus because of an acknowledged extramarital affair is shaking the intelligence community to its...
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it came up in the balkans, iraq and afghanistan. if they are a trade-off between authoritative policing in democratic policing many people say, if we get to democratic policing the police will become soft and there will be more kind -- crime. in fact, that is really not the case. effective policing in general is based on consent and support of the public. and to the extent that the police bourses are brittle, anti-democratic and their respective population you get a lack of support from the public and, in fact, you get proposition. i wrote a book on this topic. we face the point that if the police are going to be affected daily really need to do three things. be available, responsive, and fair. if they do those things it is much more important than how technically skilled they are, how well they take a report or how well they use their weapons. if they can perform their duties in a way that attract public support so that the people in society will support the police and protect the police to whether you're going to get real social r
it came up in the balkans, iraq and afghanistan. if they are a trade-off between authoritative policing in democratic policing many people say, if we get to democratic policing the police will become soft and there will be more kind -- crime. in fact, that is really not the case. effective policing in general is based on consent and support of the public. and to the extent that the police bourses are brittle, anti-democratic and their respective population you get a lack of support from the...
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one war in iraq and another in afghanistan and, reassessing our role in the world to say we cannot find savings is an unfair assessment. there are savings to be had that will not compromise national security. i want to also add simpson- establishedroach fire walls in the years to delay the temptation to go back in to the non-defense accounts when there was too much political pressure to keep you out of defense spending. i hope and a long-term agreement would include that. on non-defense, i still think there are savings to be found. i will give you a few illustrations that i think maybe of some value. hats off to debbie stabbing now putting together a farm bill -- debbie stabenow. that hits my state directly. i think they did a thoughtful, bipartisan job of saving money towards deficit reduction. there are other areas where savings can be found as well. i think we need to look at them honestly. i think infrastructure is one area where we should consider, as simpson-bowles does, a revenue source towards an infrastructure bank. we're not spending enough. we're not investing enough in the i
one war in iraq and another in afghanistan and, reassessing our role in the world to say we cannot find savings is an unfair assessment. there are savings to be had that will not compromise national security. i want to also add simpson- establishedroach fire walls in the years to delay the temptation to go back in to the non-defense accounts when there was too much political pressure to keep you out of defense spending. i hope and a long-term agreement would include that. on non-defense, i...
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but anybody who has spent any time around the men and women that fought over the past decade in iraq and in afghanistan, despite all of the bad acting in washington, d.c., you can't look at what they did under the worst of circumstances and say any generation sacrificed more or cared more than they. >> there's one line in the book that gets to 12 years worth of war over there and untold lives changed, altered, lost, and i think it's joe fenty who says to a village elder that the government of afghanistan is going to do something for them. and the elder says, the government of afghanistan, what is that? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> jake tapper, giving voice to the outpost. thank you very much. stay with us. coming up warren buffett will join us onset. and next, we'll talk to dick durbin about his address today laying out the progressive case for a bipartisan fiscal cliff deal. >>> also, "washington post" columnist eugene robinson joins the conversation. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. [ female announcer ] imagine skin so healthy, it never gets dry again. can your moisturize
but anybody who has spent any time around the men and women that fought over the past decade in iraq and in afghanistan, despite all of the bad acting in washington, d.c., you can't look at what they did under the worst of circumstances and say any generation sacrificed more or cared more than they. >> there's one line in the book that gets to 12 years worth of war over there and untold lives changed, altered, lost, and i think it's joe fenty who says to a village elder that the...
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first of all, how many of you are veterans or know someone who served in iraq or afghanistan? we have talked it up this. we've all talked about it. one of the things as you wind down the campaign, we cannot lose sight of. we still have 68,000 warriors in afghanistan. all of us have been there multiple times. every morning i checked with the pentagon to find out just what price has been paid. when you're in the theater, and they will continue until there as a fallen angel. there are 6509 families to have suffered a great deal. what made me think about it was hearing all my colleagues talk about how we have got to bring this country that together again. one of the things i found remarkable is none of the 50,000 that had been wounded, none of the 17,000 critically wounded, none of them ever asked the woman there next to if you are a democrat or republican. none of them ever engaged in anything, what is in the interest of their country. they are remarkable generation of warriors. this hit parts of virginia. in my home state of delaware, parts of maryland. it really clobbered a jer
first of all, how many of you are veterans or know someone who served in iraq or afghanistan? we have talked it up this. we've all talked about it. one of the things as you wind down the campaign, we cannot lose sight of. we still have 68,000 warriors in afghanistan. all of us have been there multiple times. every morning i checked with the pentagon to find out just what price has been paid. when you're in the theater, and they will continue until there as a fallen angel. there are 6509...
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do you support that or not decision to go into iraq. did you think that was a good or bad idea? macgovern: i don't have all the facts available to those -- turns out some of the facts were not facts that led them to decide to go into iraq and afghanistan. i think the afghanistan situation in my mine is much clearer and more reasonable; however, i strongly oppose going to war to bring democracy to other countries. to go to war because they are our enemies, our threat, and you destroy them, and i think it was mad madness to think we can do that. secondly, as i said before, the main issue for me is the debt, the deficit, getting the economy going, and you don't do that by getting distracted going around the world. i feel the same way about libya. i don't like gadhafi, but let's not get involved in foreign wars at this time. focus on this country. >> moderator: thank you. mr. sanders, did you support appropriations for the war in afghanistan? sanders: i supported some proarmses and opposed some and some authorizations and opposed some. bottom line is i think the record is very clear
do you support that or not decision to go into iraq. did you think that was a good or bad idea? macgovern: i don't have all the facts available to those -- turns out some of the facts were not facts that led them to decide to go into iraq and afghanistan. i think the afghanistan situation in my mine is much clearer and more reasonable; however, i strongly oppose going to war to bring democracy to other countries. to go to war because they are our enemies, our threat, and you destroy them, and i...
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what did we learn from iraq and afghanistan? let's have a serious debate, but let's not chalk it up to this or that democratic tactic or this or that failure to get the vote out. that's avoiding any serious learning of lessons here. >> let's go to jon meacham. >> i would love to ask what thomas jefferson would do, mika. >> what would jefferson do? having said that, also how do we -- what's the moving forward conversation to have? because this, again, just shows how bad the candidate was. or how much he didn't fit the conversation that needed to be had all along, which, by the way, was a failure on both sides in the campaign. jon. >> you know, what's fun sometimes in life and in politics is when you can make a vice a virtue. and in this case, the fact that romney was not a good candidate and has now said this, which totally ratifies his 47% comment, those of us who wanted to think that he was just talking about tactics, that it was late at night and he didn't really mean it, well, we were wrong. he really meant it. and i think th
what did we learn from iraq and afghanistan? let's have a serious debate, but let's not chalk it up to this or that democratic tactic or this or that failure to get the vote out. that's avoiding any serious learning of lessons here. >> let's go to jon meacham. >> i would love to ask what thomas jefferson would do, mika. >> what would jefferson do? having said that, also how do we -- what's the moving forward conversation to have? because this, again, just shows how bad the...
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focus on asia-pacific region from our continuous involvement for 10 years now in iraq and afghanistan. mr. speaker, i would ask the question, what would happen if the leaders of samoa or fiji or the solomon islands or other areas would agree to have let's say china, perhaps, to build a sun marine base in the islands. i would i would be curious if the department of defense or the pentagon or the congress may indicate some concern in this region of the world. mr. speaker, as a vietnam veteran and as a representative of a district with high rates of military enlistment, i respectfully urge the senate to adopt the house provision that would give the honor to all of our service members from the district of columbia, puerto rico, guam, the virgin islands, american so moea and the northern mariana islands. i thank my colleagues and with one voice say do the right thing. honor the ultimate sacrifice of the tens and thousands of our men and women who proudly served the armed services of our nation and who are from the u.s. territories and district of columbia. i want to note for the record tha
focus on asia-pacific region from our continuous involvement for 10 years now in iraq and afghanistan. mr. speaker, i would ask the question, what would happen if the leaders of samoa or fiji or the solomon islands or other areas would agree to have let's say china, perhaps, to build a sun marine base in the islands. i would i would be curious if the department of defense or the pentagon or the congress may indicate some concern in this region of the world. mr. speaker, as a vietnam veteran and...